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I for one thought the ACO would have more sense than this, and have no issues being man enough to admitting when I am wrong.
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can't believe they've done this - really quite annoyed as I am fully of the belief that the single GT category was the best thing that could happen for combined GT & prototype racing. Nissan must be paying someone a lot of money to get this through as this whole category seems to exist so that they don't have to go head-to-head with Porsche.
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Maserati obviously have an evo MC12 on the stocks!
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MC12 in LMS ?
Does this mean that the MC12 is allowed in the LMS, LM24H and ALMS from 2010 and on ?
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I wouldn't say that. I also would never say never in this situation! But, with all the effort the series put forth to get someone to come and play with Corvette to no avail. Then for them to come along after Corvette was basically forced to switch classes and the ALMS has gone to alternate classes for the season, and a few other considerations... I do not think that is anywhere near close to happening!
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IMO the ACO are calling manufactuer's bluff.
By insisting any Le Mans bound manufactuer also competes in the LMS/Asian LMS costs and support are upped significantly. That immediately sorts the commited from the hopeful and stops GT1 being a 'cheap', compared to factory backed GT2's, entry into Le Mans. |
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True. But if they have manufacturer involvement I don't see them dropping the class again after one year. It probably depends on how they perform at Le Mans...
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RLM has just mentioned Toyota/Lexus may have already contacted the ACO regarding a GT1 entry in 2010 with the Lexus from the N24
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Is there any reason (beyond wanting to take out Nissan directly) that they couldn't make a GT2 LF-A? I am rather depressed that the ACO hasn't told the 2010 GT1 concept to take a hike; I know they are hardly 100% sensible but this is a little more absurd than I thought. They must be trying to full court press the Asian manufacturers to support that flagging series.
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